Meaning

Primary

To Come To An End

Alternatives

To Be Finished, To Be Completed

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means come to an end so the verb vocab version is to come to an end.

Reading

すむ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: Your romp finally has to come to an end when someone decides to sue () you for all your romping.

Context

Context Sentences

今やっと仕事が済んだところだよ。

Work just came to an end.

この作業が済んだら食堂に集まろうぜ!

Let's get together in the cafeteria once we're done with this work!

謝ったんだけど、「これは謝って済む問題じゃない」なんて言われちゃって、それで頭にきて彼の顔をひっぱたいちゃったのよね。

I apologized, but he told me that apologizing wouldn’t end the problem, and because of that, I slapped him in the face.

Kanji Composition